Caluma Canton is a
canton
Canton may refer to:
Administrative division terminology
* Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland
* Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French
Arts and ent ...
of
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...
, located in the
Bolívar Province. Its population at the 2010 census was 13,129.
Demographics
Ethnic groups as of the
Ecuadorian census The Ecuadorian census is conducted by the governmental institution known as ''INEC'', ''Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas y Censos'' (National Institute of Statistics and Census).INEC The census in Ecuador is conducted every 10 years, and its obj ...
of 2010:
*
Mestizo
(; ; fem. ) is a term used for racial classification to refer to a person of mixed Ethnic groups in Europe, European and Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous American ancestry. In certain regions such as Latin America, it may also r ...
91.8%
*
White
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3.1%
*
Indigenous 2.3%
*
Afro-Ecuadorian
Afro-Ecuadorians or Afroecuatorianos (Spanish), are Ecuadorians of predominantly Sub-Saharan African descent.
History and background
Most Afro-Ecuadorians are the descendants of enslaved Africans who were transported by Spanish slavers to Ecuad ...
1.5%
*
Montubio
Montubio is the term used to describe the mestizo people of the countryside of coastal Ecuador. The Montubio make up 7.4% of the country's population and were recognized as a distinct ethnicity by the government in the spring of 2001 after prot ...
1.1%
*Other 0.2%
Politics
Results of the
Ecuadorian presidential elections of 2013 in Caluma Canton:
*
Lucio Gutiérrez (
PSP) 33.6%
*
Rafael Correa (
PAIS) 31.0%
*
Guillermo Lasso (
CREO) 21.3%
*Mauricio Rodas (SUMA) 9.1%
*
Álvaro Noboa
Álvaro Fernando Noboa Pontón (born November 21, 1950) is an Ecuadorian businessman and politician.
Noboa has been actively involved in politics, unsuccessfully running for the office of President of Ecuador in 1998, 2002, 2006, 2009 and 2013 ...
(
PRIAN) 3.0%
*Alberto Acosta (
UPI) 0.8%
*Norman Wray (Ruptura 25) 0.5%
*Nelson Zavala (
PRE
Pre or PRE may refer to:
Places
*Preston railway station, UK National Rail code PRE
*Prince Edward station, on Hong Kong's MTR
People
*Steve Prefontaine (1951–1975), an American runner nicknamed "Pre"
Arts, entertainment, and media
*Pre (ba ...
) 0.5%
References
Cantons of Bolívar Province (Ecuador)
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